Cryptomundo buddy Boing Boing’s David Pescovitz received a great acknowledgment for his service to cryptozoology on July 22nd: Design Toscano’s Garden Yeti. It was presented to him by Nick Philip of the Imaginary Foundation. Congratulations to David! BTW, David mentions that his two-and-half year old son Lux was “slightly scared of the creature at first, but then he cautiously walked up, examined him closely, and finally patted him on the head and said ‘Nice Bigfoot! Bigfoot is nice!’” As an update to the situation with the stolen Bigfoot/Garden Yeti from Niki’s Quick Six, the latest word is that despite hopes [...]
Newspaper: Cop Claims To Have Bigfoot Body
The Bigfoot body claims of Matthew Whitton have jumped into the mainstream media, for the first time, through the publication of a newspaper article in the Clayton News Daily. However, the story first broke here on July 11th, with followups on July 17th and July 23rd. Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Cop claims to have body of ‘Bigfoot’ By Daniel Silliman dsilliman@news-daily.com A Clayton County Police officer, and his friend, claim to have the body of a Bigfoot. The animal — a legendary, hairy hominid that supposedly lives in remote forests — is said to be dead, frozen, and “shocking.” Matthew [...]
Lion Vanishes Into Misquotation Valley
Cryptozoology author Matt Bille, who found himself in the middle of a firestorm of “African lion” sightings in his hometown, was interviewed by the local media. On July 22, 2008, The Colorado Springs Gazette published an article about the Colorado Springs “lion.” In it they quoted Matt Bille. Or, should I say, misquoted him? Bille has emailed me that he “did not say the last half of the last sentence about making no rational sense.” Wildlife officials had a few things to say about the misquotations in the unfolding of this story too. Here is the article Bille sends along: [...]
New Ogopogo Sighting
I am back from Alberta, and this is going to be a day of catch-up. There’s been a new sighting of Ogopogo in Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, which took place, coincidentially, as I was talking of Lake Monsters (including Ogopogo), Sea Serpents, and Dragons, at the Royal Alberta Museum, in the province next door. On Sunday, July 20, 2008, Robyn Holman reportedly saw Ogopogo as she and a friend were travelling along the highway near Peachland, British Columbia. Holman says she noticed a wave in the water on Okanagan Lake and couldn’t believe her eyes when she turned to look. [...]
Bigfoot Body Brouhaha
In the midst of claims, now an admitted hoax, new videos, withdrawn video, and more, what are we to make of the BigfootTrackers’ latest promise their Bigfoot body will be revealed September 1st? [Ooops, one of their group has said October 1st, but another person and their website still says September 1st.] Is this just one rather large “gottacha” game? Thanks to notes shared with me kept by Craig Woolheater while I was in Alberta, there have been some major developments regarding the claims of BigfootTrackers having a body. The group of two posted a video on Saturday, July 19, [...]
Rt. 66’s Kitty Cat, Not Panther
If you ever Plan to motor west Travel my way, take the highway that’s the best Get your kicks on Route 66 It winds from Chicago to LA More than two thousand miles all the way Baby, get your kicks on Route 66 Now you go through St. Louie Joplin, Missouri And Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty You’ll see Amarillo Gallup, New Mexico Flagstaff Arizona Don’t forget Winona Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino Won’t you get hip to this timely tip When you make that California trip Get your kicks on Route 66 Now you go through St. Louie Joplin, Missouri [...]
The Reality of Post-Heuvelmans Discoveries
On July 20 and 21, 2008, I address public and staff attendees at three talks I am giving at the Royal Alberta Museum. I will be discussing the tenets of cryptozoology, and sharing historical information. In recent talks I have delivered at Bates College’s Symposium on Cryptozoology and at the American Museum of Natural History, a frequent question has resurfaced regarding discoveries and the works of Bernard Heuvelmans. In this new presentation, in a subsection delivered in Alberta, and hencefore, I will be directly responding to one criticism of cryptozoology I feel needs to be seriously answered, once and for [...]
Was It An African Lion?
A helicopter and members of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and Colorado Division of Wildlife were among those searching for an African lion in eastern El Paso County on Monday. The search for the large cat was called off Monday afternoon. Was the large unknown animal seen in Colorado an African lion? Panthera atrox, the American Lion, known from the Pleistocene? A feral dog? An escaped pet felid? It certainly befits the classic definition of a cryptid, unknown, uncaught, unidentified, and yet surely an animal. Here is a roundup of the various reproductions of the cellphone image published this [...]
Big Maine Snake & Richard Burton
I’m trying to take off to Alberta, and the stories just keep rolling in…now here’s one from Gorham, Maine, merely a few miles from where I am right now. According to the Associated Press and local media, Mara Ranger will be a little paranoid doing laundry now. When she was removing clothes from the washing machine at her Maine farmhouse Wednesday, the clothes moved. She told WMTW-TV, “I jumped back” and saw a snake. She quickly shut the lid and called for help. Maine Animal Damage Control operator Richard Burton reached into the machine and pulled and pulled — all [...]
Latest Claim: “We Have A Body of Bigfoot!”
Here is the latest from bigfoottracker.com: Yes!!!!!!! It’s true, we have a body of bigfoot. We will start to release pictures and videos next month of the body, also we have clear video of Bigfoot alive. Thanks for your support. 100% real no fakes, no scams, we gain nothing til we prove it. BigfootTracker.com China expedition in March of 2009!!!!! We will catch Bigfoot alive in 08/09. Guaranteed We will make you a believer! Are you ready? Show me the body! Come on, just show me the body! Or better yet, if you are afraid of someone in cryptozoology stealing [...]
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